California Micro Devices Receives 2008 'Product of the Year' Award from Electronic Products Magazine

MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) has been awarded Electronic Products magazine's 2008 "Product of the Year" award for the CM1233-08DE, the first product to incorporate the innovative PicoGuard XS(TM) architecture. The CM1233-08DE is the industry's first product to provide both outstanding signal integrity and robust electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for high speed differential signals such as HDMI(TM) and DisplayPort. By integrating inductors with the ESD diodes, the CM1233-08DE provides matched differential impedance, eliminating the need for board designers to compensate for diode capacitance in their layouts.

The editors of Electronic Products -- a leading trade publication for electronic design engineers -- evaluated thousands of products launched in 2008. The winning products are selected on the basis of innovative design, significant advancement in technology or application and substantial achievement in price and performance.

"Electronic Products Magazine Product of the Year winners should be particularly proud because of the rigorous selection process we use," notes Editorial Director Murray Slovick. "It is somewhat akin to a doctoral dissertation defense, except here instead of defending a thesis the nominating editor must defend each product against the arguments of his or her colleagues, all of whom are trying hard to find flaws in the product's performance."

"We are honored to have been chosen to receive the Electronic Products 'Product of the Year' award," said Joe Salvador, director of marketing for digital consumer and computing products at California Micro Devices. "With the CM1233-08DE, system developers no longer need to make a tradeoff between signal integrity and ESD protection when protecting high speed interfaces such as HDMI(TM) 1.3 and DisplayPort."

The 2008 Product of the Year Awards were announced in the January 2009 issue of Electronic Products (http://www2.electronicproducts.com/productyear.aspx). 2008 marks the 33rd annual Electronic Products' "Product of the Year" Awards, which began recognizing the best products in the industry in 1977.

About the Device

The CM1233-08DE provides 8 channels of robust ESD protection. It offers protection for four pairs of differential channels, providing ESD protection to IEC61000-4-2 Level 4 greater than or equal to 8kV contact discharge. System designers can easily meet the 100 Ohm differential impedance requirements of HDMI(TM) and DisplayPort using these devices, with no additional external components required. The integration of inductors with the ESD diodes provides for improved ESD protection as well as better signal integrity. Compared with best in class ESD diode arrays, the CM1233-08DE offers:

-- 40% reduction in peak clamping voltage

-- 15-40% reduction in peak residual current

-- 100 Ohm differential impedance matching with no external compensation

required

-- Independence from board stackup for simplest routing across multiple

board vendors

-- Straight through routing for improved layout

-- Compact 16-pin TDFN package for reduced board space

PicoGuard XS Impedance Matching

Traditionally, system designers must compensate for the capacitance of the ESD protection device by adding external inductance, eliminating capacitance under the signal traces near the ESD device, or both. These approaches add complexity and cost, and are PCB board dependent, limiting the ability to use multiple board vendors. By integrating inductance into the ESD device, PicoGuard XS eliminates the need for these measures providing matched impedance with no external compensation or components required. The

CM1233-08DE is the first PicoGuard XS product offering of the XtremeESD(TM) family from California Micro Devices.

www.XtremeESD.com Website

This ESD Resource Center provides relevant information about ESD protection to designers of personal computer and digital consumer electronics applications. The site contains technical white papers, product specifications, articles, presentations, an open forum on various ESD protection topics, and additional information on the CM1233-08DE. Go to: http://www.XtremeESD.com .

Pricing and Availability

The CM1233-08DE is available in a 16 lead TDFN package. It is priced at $0.57 each at 1,000 units.

About California Micro Devices Corporation

California Micro Devices Corporation is a leading supplier of application specific analog and mixed signal semiconductor products for the mobile handset, digital consumer electronics and personal computer markets. Key products include protection devices for mobile handsets, digital consumer electronics products such as digital TVs, and personal computers as well as analog and mixed signal ICs for mobile handset displays. Detailed corporate and product information may be accessed at http://www.cmd.com .

XtremeESD and PicoGuard XS are trademarks of California Micro Devices Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.